Cannes film festival: Of Gods and Men, filth and fury

Cannes film festival: Of Gods and Men, filth and fury

It is Day 8 at the 63rd Cannes film festival, and 12 out of the 19 films in competition for the Palme d'Or have had their premieres. But there is still much, much more to come

Wed 19 May 2010 12.06 EDT
First published on Wed 19 May 2010 12.06 EDT

Another day, another premiere – this time, it's French director Xavier Beauvois's Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et Des Dieux), one of the 19 films in competition for the Palme d'OrPhotograph: Francois Durand/Getty Images

… of their director Xavier Beauvois and fellow actor Michael Lonsdale at the Cannes premiere of Of Gods and Men. The film is based on a true story of French Cistercian monks confronting fundamentalist violence in North AfricaPhotograph: Matt Sayles/AP

Later, Juliette Binoche joins Abbas Kiarostami on the red carpet for the premiere of Certified Copy, an examination of art and artifice. Filmed in Tuscany, it is the Iranian auteur's film to be shot outside his homelandPhotograph: Loic Venance/AP

Tamara Drewe actors Dominic Cooper and Luke Evans are joined by fellow Stephen Frears alumna Glenn Close at the film's premiere after-party. Close, of course, starred in Dangerous Liaisons in 1988Photograph: James McCauley/Rex Features

Russian actor Dinara Droukarova (left) joins Canadian director Atom Egoyan and French actor Emmanuelle Devos at a Cannes film festival photocall for Cinefondation jury members. The panel is led by Egoyan this year Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters

In another part of the Croisette, actors Viktor Nemets and Olga Shuvalova join director Sergei Loznitsa at a photocall for My Joy, one of the films in competition.
Xan Brooks found it 'riveting' and pronounced it an outside bet for the Palme d'OrPhotograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images

The red carpet at the 63rd Cannes film festival is not just the domain of glamorous stars and famous directors. Here's a snail making its way to the premiere of Of Gods and MenPhotograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

It's not always sun-splashed at ritzy Cannes, as South Korean actor Yun Jung-hee can attest. She makes her way through the driving rain to the photocall for Palme d'Or contender PoetryPhotograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Not to make heavy weather of it, but here are some Cannes film festival officials, standing ready with umbrellas on the red carpet ahead of the out-of-competition screening of Olivier Assayas's CarlosPhotograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

But the sun comes out for Ryan Gosling and Faith Wladyka, who plays his daughter in Blue Valentine, which is screening in the Un Certain Regard section at the 63rd Cannes film festivalPhotograph: John Shearer/Getty Images

And normal service appears to be restored as stars Alexander Scheer (left) and Nora von Waldstatten (centre) and director Olivier Assayas take the red carpet for the premiere of CarlosPhotograph: Yves Herman/Reuters